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Seishi Sugar Shock Part One
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Hotohori woke with a groan, a slim hand raised to his forehead.
//What....happened? The last thing I remember is....eating that bizarre
food....Miaka gave me...// he slowly thought. Blinking, he looked around, not
recognizing his surroundings. "Where is everyone? Miaka? Tamahome?"

Staggering to his feet, Hotohori began to search the room he was in, to see if
any of the others were there.

He turned to his right, trying to see into the shadows, only to feel something
attach to his side like a little leech. "Hotohori-sama!" the voice wailed.
"Nuriko kowaii!"

Hotohori looked down at his brother Seishi, trying not to sigh. Nuriko's grip
was as firm as a rock; the beautiful cross-dresser wasn't letting go anytime
soon. "Daijoubu, Nuriko," he said, sighing a little to himself.

After standing still for a few moments, Hotohori turned his attention back to
the room. "Well, Nuriko, shall we see if any of the others are in here?" he
murmured, trying to walk with the purple-haired man attached to his waist.

Nuriko sniffled a little, not really wanting to move from where he was. Even
though he was frightened, at least he had a nice hold on Hotohori. //I should
thank whoever brought us here for this....// Looking up, he saw Hotohori was
till waiting for his answer. "Ano...hai, heika-sama."

A THUMP came from their side, and Nuriko used it as an excuse to literally jump
up into Hotohori's arms, wrapping his body around the tall emperor. "What was
that?" he asked.

"I don't know," Hotohori said, trying to breathe. "I can't get any air with you
holding onto me so tight," he complained.

Nuriko blinked at Hotohori with wide violet eyes, an innocent expression on his
face. "Ah, gomen." he murmured, loosening his hold on Hotohori's neck. He
glanced behind them, more than a little frightened of what might be there.

Stepping out from the shadows, Tasuki flashed his fanged grin at Nuriko and
Hotohori. "Scared ya, didn't I?" he laughed.

Nuriko's fist was moving even as Tasuki was finishing his sentence, sending him
sailing into a nearby wall. The bandit bounced off it and miraculously ended up
at Hotohori's feet. "Tasuki-chan no BAKA!" Nuriko said. "You scared the life out
of me!"

Hotohori, though, was more practical. "Do you have any idea where we are,
Tasuki?" he asked in his regal voice. Nuriko continue to keep an arm around
Hotohori's waist, not letting this chance slip away.

Tasuki stood, shaking his head, partly to answer Hotohori's question and partly
to clear the ringing in it from Nuriko's blow. "Nope. I came to feeling like I
had spent a great night drinking and having fun!" he laughed again, fangs
flashing. "You two are the first ones I've run into. Though....I did find
this..." The bandit held out a rectangular, foil-wrapped object.

Hotohori arched his eyebrow, reaching out to take it from Tasuki. Turning it in
his hand slowly, he slowly raised it to his nose and sniffed once. "It smells
like...that...choc-o-late...Miaka gave us all yesterday..." he murmured.

Nuriko's eyes glowed, and he snatched it away. With careful fingers he unwrapped
the shiny silver paper. "It IS!" he squealed, breaking off a piece and biting
into it. He rolled his eyes upwards in delight.

Tasuki protested. "That's MINE! I'M the one who found it."

Nuriko just stuck out his tongue. "Want some, heika-sama?" he cooed.

Hotohori blinked at the sugary-sweet voice of Nuriko. "Just a small piece....and
Nuriko, you should share it with Tasuki...since he did find it."

Nuriko pouted a bit while breaking off a piece for Hotohori. "Well...I guess
I'll be nice and give you some, Tasuki." he finally sighed, breaking off a small
portion and handing it to the bandit.

Tasuki looked at the small piece he held, and then back to the large chunk of
chocolate in Nuriko's hand, and started to spew foul language.

Nuriko smiled serenely, then slowly licked the piece he still held, both front
and back. "Did you want some more, Tasuki-chan?" he asked with feigned concern.

Scowling, Tasuki glared at Nuriko. "Not anymore." he snarled, popping the piece
he held into his mouth and crossing his arms over his chest.

Hotohori rolled his eyes heavenward, sighing quietly. //Suzaku-sama, please give
me strength to deal with them..// Looking back at his brother seishi, he frowned
slightly. "If the three of us are here....then it makes sense to assume the
others are, too. Shall we keep looking for them?"

"Of course! If this is the afterlife, I refuse to spend it watching the cross-
dresser drool over you!" Tasuki said snappishly, turning and stalking away.

"Matte!" Nuriko said, forgetting about his teasing. "We shouldn't split up!" He
started to drag his beloved Emperor off in the direction Tasuki had gone, and
Hotohori started to wonder when he had lost control of his life. HE was the
Emperor, dammit. HE was the one who was supposed to be leading.

Tasuki finally stopped, in front of a large door. "Well, looks like I found the
way out." he said smugly, polishing his nails on his jacket while flashing a
grin at Nuriko and Hotohori.

Hotohori sighed again, counting to ten in his mind. "That's all very well, but
we shouldn't split up, Tasuki. What if this is some type of trap set by the
Seiryuu?" he advised, still trying to get his arm free from Nuriko's grasp.

"Nuriko KOWAII!" the pretty seishi whimpered, refusing to relinquish his grip.

"Well, we should at LEAST see where we are!" Tasuki argue, then frowned at door.
"There aren't any handles- guess I'll have to burn our way out!"

"No!" Nuriko and Hotohori chorused, but were too late.

"Lekka Shi-EN!"

Hotohori stared at the resulting hole in the door, liquefied metal slowly
dripping down to the floor. "We're stuck in here...it seems. Since I doubt we
could open that without burning ourselves badly."

Tasuki blinked once at the mess he had created, then started to laugh nervously.
"I..uh...don't think that was the best idea..."

Nuriko glared at him, reaching out and slapping him into the wall once more.
"Tasuki no baka! Now look what you've done! You've trapped us in here!"

"Itai!" Tasuki yelled. "There's another door somewhere!" he suggested. "We just
gotta find it!"

Nuriko, though, was having none of that. Releasing a relieved Hotohori, he
started cracking his knuckles as he walked menacingly towards the bandit, intent
on turning him into a pretzel.

Tasuki began to back up, his amber gaze darting around the room. "Hey, look!
Over there! I just saw Tama-neko!" he exclaimed, quickly running toward the
shadowy corner.

Hotohori looked surprised at Tasuki's yell. Turning to Nuriko, he shrugged
silently and followed the red-head over to where he thought he had seen
Mitsukake's cat.

Of course, Tasuki was lying through his teeth. He hadn't seen the little cat
anymore then he had seen Suzaku himself. He had hoped to avoid another beating
by Nuriko (always a painful proposition) but the reward wasn't worth the cost.
Tama-neko wasn't there- but someone else was.

A boy lay on the floor, his blonde-green hair falling in his face. Tasuki came
to an abrupt stop. "Kuso," he muttered. "We got problems."

Hotohori stopped where he was, seeing that Tasuki had stopped as well. "What is
it, Tasuki?" he called. The bandit was acting very strangely if it was Tama-neko
he had found.

Nuriko cracked his knuckles again. "You're just trying to get out of that
beating I promised you...aren't you?" he said to his brother seishi, an intense
look in his violet eyes. "Not this time, Tasuki..."

"Uh-ohm" Tasuki said, watching as the blue-violet eyes started to flutter open.
"Nuriko, I advise you back up and cover your ears," he said, taking his own
advise. He had no clue which one of the twins this was (never could tell them
apart in the first place), but it didn't really matter much in the long run.
Amiboshi would be preferable slightly, but only SLIGHTLY.

The boy on the floor groaned and sat up, clenching his head in pain. "Koko wa
doko da?" he murmured.

Hotohori jerked upon hearing the voice. That certainly was none of the Suzaku
seishi. "Ano...the Seiryuu must be here..." he whispered to Nuriko.

Nuriko frowned intensely, his violet eyes full of concern for his miko and other
brother seishi. "What are we going to do?"

Nuriko's question didn't have time to get answer, for at that moment, the
Seiryuu locked eyes with the red-head. "YOU!" he snarled, and if the look in his
eyes didn't convince them of his identity, his whirling ryuuseisei did.

"Oh, great," Nuriko muttered. "WE WOULD have to find the crazy twin."

"Damn!" Tasuki cried, jumping back from the widening arc of the ryuuseisei.
"What kind of weapon are f%@$#ing yo-yo's anyways?" Pulling out his tessen, the
bandit swung it toward the blonde boy's weapon. "Lekka...SHINEN!!!!" he yelled.

Hotohori's eyes widened and he looked from Tasuki to Suboshi and back again. He
knew that they would probably have to work together to find everyone, but could
they get the Seiryuu warrior to trust them enough to do that?

Obviously not, were what Suboshi's actions said. The fifteen year old's eyes
narrowed, and the ryuuseisei went spinning at Tasuki as the flames came near the
boy. Suboshi agilely got the HELL away from the blaze, but forgot to look behind
him.

Hotohori's eyes widened as he watched the flames from Tasuki's tessen hit a vat
behind the blonde Seiryuu warrior. As the liquid inside spewed forth onto the
floor and rushed towards them. "Run!"

Nuriko let out a high pitched shriek and took off for the opposite of the room,
Tasuki right behind him.

Suboshi, though, had ignored the warning, and hadn't moved at all. When Tasuki
glanced back, he saw the boy just about to land in the mess the vat had
released. True, the stuff wasn't molten, but it would be an unpleasant trip.
With a sigh, his conscience kicked in, and he darted back, using his speed to
catch the boy before he could hit the mess.

Suboshi was having none of it. He kicked out, throwing Tasuki off balance, and
both of them tumbled to the ground.

Hotohori paused, moving over to help Tasuki and Suboshi, but unfortunately, just
as he pulled the bandit to his feet, the stuff from the vat flowed around them.
"This is....sticky. Kami-sama! My hair! This is going to ruin my beautiful
hair!!!"

Tasuki blinked, still a little stunned from his crash to the floor. "What the
@%#$ is this stuff?!"

Suboshi wailed. "Suzaku BASTARD!" trying to stand up. Unfortunately, he was the
most thoroughly covered, and he stuck to the floor like a fly to flypaper.

Nuriko came back cautiously, noticing Hotohori's dilemma. "Daijoubu?" he asked
tentatively, trying not to laugh. He was the only one who had escaped
unscathed....

"My hair!!!!" Hotohori wailed, all dignity gone as he attempted to keep his hair
from getting covered by the sticky substance. "Nuriko, help me!"

Tasuki growled at Suboshi, swinging at him. "This is all your @^$&# fault, you
know? If it wasn't for you none of us would be covered in this goo!"

"YOU were the one who melted it!" Suboshi protested, squirming and trying to get
up, but only succeeding in getting more tangled up.

Nuriko stepped up to Hotohori and cautiously picked up the emperor's now matted
hair. "Um, maybe Chichiri would be able to magic it better? Or Mits could Heal
it?" he suggested.

Hotohori finally gave into his first instinct and that was to start weeping
about his hair. Clinging to Nuriko, he cried on his brother seishi's shoulder.
"My hair is ruined! I'll never be able to go out in public again...."

"Yeah, well, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have melted it, so it's still your
fault!" Tasuki growled again, shaking his tessen in an effort to dislodge the
sticky goo.

Nuriko was in a state of pure bliss. Hotohori was VOLUNTARILY clinging to him,
never mind the minor issue with the hair. He soothingly patted Hotohori's back,
and was about to mutter words to match, when he was met by the sounds of
laughter.

Footsteps where approaching, and someone was having a conversation. There was a
high voice, followed by a low feminine one, and Nuriko's eyes widened as he
finally caught the end of a sentence. "... see, sexual energy can be obtain two
ways- either by obtaining or by indulging- it's just how you look at it."

"Really? So virgins DO have power?" That was the female voice.

"Hai, they do, it's just different from the power non-virgins have." Chiriko
confirmed, giggling as he popped another bon-bon into his mouth. He grinned up
at Soi, looking as cute as could be.

Tasuki's eyes rounded in shock to see Chiriko conversing easily with a member of
the opposing side. "Chiriko? What the hell are you doing?" he blurted out.

"Well, when I woke up, Soi was the first person I found. Since we were in a
strange place, we agreed to help each other. We've been looking around for
HOURS! Anyway, it seems like were in some kind of candy making place or
something," he said.

Soi nodded agreement, and look at the two trapped seishi. "My, how come I feel
like Suboshi's temper had something to do with your predicament?" she asked with
interest. "Arigatou," she said as Chiriko handed her some Hershey's Kisses. "Are
you sure you don't want to serve Seiryuu? I'm sure Amiboshi wouldn't mind a
permanent switch."

Tasuki frowned again, glaring at Suboshi. "Because it did! Damned idiot just
goes and attacks us....@^%$!!!!"

Hotohori looked up, scrubbing at his eyes a little. He was hopeful that maybe
their scholar would know something that would fix his hair. "Chiriko....my...my
hair is ruined! Can you please help me figure out what to do?!" he cried.

Chiriko, though, was considering Soi's offer with interest. "If I become
Seiryuu, does that mean I get a cool power?"

Soi shrugged. "I'm not sure."

"Well, I'd better not," Chiriko said. "The Suzaku side needs me to do all their
thinking," he said, giggling as he ate yet more chocolate.

Soi sighed. "I thought you'd say that. How about looking me up when you're
older? You have such pretty eyes...."

Tasuki couldn't believe what he was hearing. Soi was flirting with Chiriko...and
the boy was flirting back. "What the @%$#?!!" he yelled, heading off into yet
another tirade about the injustice of finding Suboshi first.

Hotohori gave a sorrowful sigh, picking at the sticky substance covering his
hair. As a gob came off on his fingers, he sniffed it, and lightly tasted it.
"This is....it's candy! I'm covered in candy!! This is not fair at all...."

Nuriko's eyes lit up as Hotohori announced he was covered in candy. Certain
hentai thoughts began to creep through his mind and he began to laugh softly.

Hotohori looked at Nuriko, wounded. Then his eyes widened as Nuriko licked his
lips. "Let me help you!" the pretty cross-dresser offered.

Suboshi and Tasuki stopped fighting the gunk, and exchanged horrified glances.
"We don't want to see this, do we?" Suboshi asked, suddenly in perfect accord
with Tasuki. "Soi and Chiriko is REALLY bad, but I'm NOT watching two guys! It's
not going to happen!"

"No way, no how! I'm am not watching this! *@&^%!!!!" Tasuki yelled, trying to
get Hotohori and Nuriko's attention. "Cut it out both of you! @&^#!!"

Soi began to giggle at that, her hand on Chiriko's shoulder as she winked at
Suboshi. "What'samatter, Suboshi-chan, afraid you'll learn something?"

Hotohori blinked at Nuriko, stunned into silence. The look in the purple-haired
man's eyes had him a bit scared.

Nuriko smiled and stood on his tip toes, snaking his arms around the Emperor's
neck. With an impish smile he nibble on a bit of candy that was on Hotohori's
neck. "Mm.... sweet!"

Suboshi and Tasuki were gagging to themselves, but Soi's expression grew
thoughtful. With a sly grin, she stooped down and kissed a surprised Chiriko,
who had been munching on a truffle.

Hotohori's eyes were huge as Nuriko wrapped his arms around him. "N-nani?! What
are you doing, Nuriko?" he asked, his heart pounding frantically.

"Eww....gross!" Tasuki cried, making a face at Hotohori and Nuriko. Averting his
eyes, he found himself staring at Soi and Chiriko. "Damn! She's cradle-robbing
now! Why do I feel like such a @*&^ voyeur?!!"

Chiriko started to blush, but found himself rather interested in spite of
himself. Soi was an attractive woman, and getting his first kiss at thirteen was
no small triumph in and of itself. Finally she released him, smiling slightly.
"Make sure you look me up, Chiriko-chan."

Nuriko nibbled his way up Hotohori's neck to his ear. "Helping you get this
stuff off, of course," he said innocently.

Tasuki's gaze swung back and forth between the two couples. "I don't wanna see
this, I don't wanna see this...." he started chanting like a mantra.

Suboshi was in complete agreement with that statement. "Get a room! All of
you!!"

A blush was creeping across Hotohori's cheeks as he stared at Nuriko. "Stop,
onegai?" he said hoarsely, blinking his golden eyes.

"Why should I?" Nuriko asked playfully.

Suboshi looked at Tasuki, hoping to find at LEAST one other sane seishi. "Maybe
if we work together we can get out of here?" he asked helplessly.

Tasuki nodded his head frantically, keeping his eyes averted from Hotohori and
Nuriko. "Hai. I just want the @#&$ outta here!"

"Cause I asked you to?" Hotohori squeaked, his eyes huge as he stared at Nuriko.
It didn't look like the purple-haired cross-dresser was going to stop.

Soi and Chiriko grinned at each other, deciding that watching the Emperor squirm
was rare entertainment. Soi sat on the ground, pulling the smart boy down beside
her. The two started to eat Hershey's bars, playfully feeding each other tidbits
and listening to Suboshi and Tasuki curse in unison.

"But I'm HELPING you, heika-sama," Nuriko said. He started to nibble along the
other side of Hotohori's face.

"Really...that's okay, Nuriko....we...uh....uh, we need to...look for...the
others...." Hotohori gasped out, still shocked at what Nuriko was doing.

Tasuki looked up as he heard this. "Yeah! We need to find our mikos! We aren't
being good seishi and stuff....if we don't try and find them!! Right, Suboshi?"
the bandit said, looking to the blonde boy for agreement.

Mentioning mikos to Suboshi was never a good idea, since he tended towards the
insane side of obsessive. Soi knew this, and stifled a groan.

"YUI-SAMA!" Suboshi exclaimed, and started to struggle anew. He managed to
untangle himself and Tasuki almost at once, and they got to their feet, Tasuki
yanking a pouting Nuriko off a relieved Hotohori.

Chiriko blinked, looking over at Soi as he ate more of the chocolate. "Well, we
do need to find Miaka and Yui....and hopefully the others, hai?"

Hotohori took a deep breath, following Tasuki thankfully. He had been convinced
that there was no way to get Nuriko off of him. "Where did you two come from?"
he asked Chiriko and Soi.

"That way!" they said, pointing off to the right. "Not much over there," Chiriko
continue.

"Except candy!" Soi laughed, and Chiriko started giggling with her, falling into
her lap.

"Stop it, you hentai!" Tasuki said. "He's thirteen!"

"So?" asked Soi. "Mentally that's older then you, and I'll bet YOU aren't a
virgin."

Tasuki flashed his fangs at Soi, beginning to sulk at that insult. "Who asked
you for commentary anyway?"

Nuriko laughed at Tasuki, a smirk on his pretty face. "That's what you get for
interrupting Hotohori-sama and I." he purred, sliding closer to the young
emperor. Hotohori, seeing this, immediately moved so that Suboshi and Tasuki
were between them.

Suboshi looked around frantically, then took off towards the left. "Yui-sama!"
he called, trying to find his miko.

Soi bounced to her feet, pulling Chiriko up. "Kuso!" she swore. "After the baka!
There's no telling what trouble he'll get into when he's like this!"

Hotohori willingly followed Soi and Chiriko in search of Suboshi. He wanted to
keep as much distance between him and Nuriko as possible.






Author's Notes:
This borrows the basic idea (characters in a candy factory) from Jaelle and
Orla's CANDY CANDY GUNDAM WING. If you're a GW fan, it's absolutely hysterical.
Seishi Sugar Shock is a TWT (Timeline? What Timeline?) piece for FY.